Dump-car.



H.H.WUGHAN.

DUMP OAR. APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1910.

1,018,140. Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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H. H. VAUGHAN.

.DUMP cm. AIPPLIOATION nun APR. 1, 191o.' 1,01 8, 140. Patented Feb. 20,1912.

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H.H.vAUeHAfi,

DUMP GAR.

APIPLIOATION FILED AIR. 1, 1910. 1,01 8, 140. Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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DUMP GAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1910.

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Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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DUMP OAR.

. APPLICATION TILED APR. 1, 1910. 1,01 8, 140. Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

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DUMP-CAR.

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Application filed April 1, 1910.

To all whomit may comer n:

Be it known that l, HENRY llnoun' its object to provide an improveddevice for preventing leakage over the free end of the door when closed,improved means for operating the doors and a convertible car ofthis-type wherein the center sill, cross bearers, and hoppers aresuspended from the sides of the car.

The invention may be said to consist of the construction and combinationand particular arrangement of parts hereinafter described and pointedout in the claims. For full comprehension, however of inventionreference must be had to the accompanying drawings forming a of thisspecification, in which similar reference characters indicate the sameparts, and Wherein- Figure 1 a longitudinal sectional View oi one halfof my improved convertible car; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the otherhalf thereof; Fig. 3 is'an enlarged transverse sectional view; Fig. 4-is an enlarged detail. bottom plan view partly in section; 5 is anenlarged detail longitudinal sectional view taken on line B, B, 3illustrating particularly the engagement between the side flanges or"the doors and the door frame;

Fir 6 is an enlarged detail perspective View illustrating the connectionbetween the center and end sills; Fig. 7 is a similar view illustratingthe connection between. theside and end sills; and Fig 8 is an enlargeddetail perspective View illustrating the connection between the mainparts shown. in Fig. 5.

The under framing or substructure of my improved car consists oflongitudinal side sills I; Z) of channel form set on edge with theirflanges facing inwardly, transverse end sills c 0 riveted to the sidesills, a longi- Specifieation of Letters Fatent.

Patented Feb. 21), 1912.,

Serial 'No. 552,878.

tudinal center sill d of box like cross-section the ends whereof arerigidly connected by angle brackets d to the end sills,'and a series oiuniformly spaced cross bearers e of inverted U cross-section having theinner ends of their legs oppositely flanged as at f and riveted to thecenter sill, their lower edges inclined upwardly and outwardly, andtheir outer ends connected by angular brackets g to the side sills. Thelegs of the cross bearers constitute hopper walls and have rivetedthereto the upwardly turned flanges h of fixed inclined hopper-floormembersilocated between the bearers with their upper ends 7' overlappingand riveted to the flanges 7c of the center sill; the walls being bracedand the lower edges thereof stiffened by channel members an the flangesof which riveted along the edges of the said walls; while the lower edgeof the hopper-floor members a" are stiffened by angle irons n rivetedthereto. A series of doors 0 of trough form with their free ends open,each hinged by a hinge rod 79 to brackets 9' fixed to the cross bearerse, are so disposed as to have their hinged ends which are inclined withrelation to the bottom of the trough, covered by one leg of the angleiron 11- and, when the door is closed, lie in tight contact with theflange of such angle iron fixed to the floor member, the free end of thedoor, at the same time lying in tight contact with a fixed lip 1"presented by a diagonally downwardly bent plate 3 riveted to theunderside of the bottom flange of the adjacent channel iron side sill,the inclination 01'. this bent lip coinciding with the closed door andpreventing leakage over the end thereof and the tight contact betweenthe inclined or angular hinged end and the flange of the angle ironserving the same purpose at that end. These doors are each reinforced attheir free ends by angle irons a and longitudinally thereof byangle-irons it formed to overlie the angle-iron i. The center sill andcrossbearers of this sub-structure or under-framing constitutes a trusssuspended at its ends from the side sills, and in order to provide thenecessary reinforcement for the side sills to transmit the load to thebolsters 2, l employ steel frame sides preferably comprising verticaland diagonal stays 3 and t respec- 5 angle thereto.

tively, secured at their lower ends to the side sills and at their upperends through the medium of gusset-plates 5 to the longitudinal roofmembers 6, such steel framing 5 being preferably furnished withsheathing 7. The ends are also reinforced by vertical stays 8 secured attheir lower ends to end sills c and at their upper ends to the end roofmembers 10. p

10 The means for operating the doors comprises Z-brackets 12 having web13 by which they are fixed to the underside of the i i doors with oneleg, 14, of the Z extending beyond the flange t and bent to an obtuse Aseries of chains 15 at both sides of the car are connected at one end tothese legs 14 by an adjustable connection consisting 'of an eye-bolt 140and nuts 141,

and at their other ends to shafts 1Q mounted rotatably in brackets 17secured to the lower ends of some of the vertical side stays 3, theshafts being supported slightly belowthe level-of the lips r. Thisparticular location of the shafts is permitted by the Z-brackets 2.owing to the opposition of t 1e points of connection 12 of the chainsto the doors, the effect being that the doors can be lifted by thechains into tight engagement with the lips 1 without the necessity oflocating the lifting shafts above the lips. By this particulararrangement of the doors they form when open a continuation of the fixedhopper floor member thusenabling the car to be dumped with facility;while the adjustable connection 140, 141 permits slack inthe chains tobe taken up. I

Displaceable floor members 20 are connected by links-'21 to the crossbearers near the outer ends thereof, each of such mem- 40 bers beingprovided with a cleat 22, a metallic reinforcement heel 28, and the freeends thereof have end bars 24: bolted thereto and formed tobe seated onthe side edges of fixed floor members 25 bolted to the top of thecentervsill, As an additional reinforce-.

ment and stifiener for the cross-bearers and a support for the floor ofthe car a series of angle-irons 30 are riveted to the underside of thetop of'each ofsuch cross bearers and are secured to' other angle ironsriveted to the sides of the cross-bearers.

The combination of the trough door with open free end, the downwardlyprojecting flange, .with which such free end lies in fiat contactthe,angular hinged end and the flangevit engages secure the effectivesealing the doors,

The advantage of the diagonally disposed troughadoon hinged at its lowerend, is that 6.0 when the door'is closed its free end projectsdiagonally upwardly beyond the edge it engages of thedischarge openingand thus in effect presents to such, edge a flange similar in funotiontothe side fiangeson'the door-in that it seals the saichfree'end of thedoor.

I What I claim is as follows 2- 1. The combination in a box car, thesides of which have steel framing, of a center sill,

a plurality of laterally extending crossbearers secured to the centersill and sus- 7o pended from the sides of the car and portions of whichform the sides of hoppers, such bearers having upwardly and outwardlyinclined lower edges, a plurality'of downwardly-and outwardly inclinedhopper '75 floor members arranged between said crossbearers and'securedat their inner edges to the top portion of the center sill, flangeddoors hinged at their inner ends beneath the inclined hopper floormembers in close proxso imity to the outer--lower edges thereof, andadapted when closed to overlap the inclined lower edges of thecross-bearers and the edges of the hopper floors, and door I operatingmechanism supported by the sides of the car and operatively connected tothe free ends of the doors. a

, 2. A substructure for a car, comprising the combination of side sills,a center-sill, a plurality of cross-bearers secured to the cen- 9Oter-sill and suspended from the side sills and portions of which formthe sides of hoppers, such cross-bearers having upwardly and outwardlyinclined hopper floor members extending between said cross-bear- 9-5 ersandv secured at their inner edges to the top portion of the center sill,doors hinged at their inner ends in close proximity to the outer loweredges of the inclinedhopper floor members and adapted to contact whenclosed with the inclined lower edges of the cross-bearers, diagonalflanges formed onthe inner ends of the doors and adapted to overlap andcome into flat contact with the lower edges of the inclined floormembers, and door operating mechanism operatively connected to the outerends of the doors.

3. In a dump car, the combination with a center-sill, and a series ofcross bearers portions of which form thesides or hoppers, of a seri'esof inclined-hopper floor members fixed at their'sides-to. the crossbearers and at theirupper ends-to the center-sill and extending ata'nangle' from the sides of the said center-sill, and a series offlanged doors 115 hinged to the-lower ends of such members and formingwhen open a projection there of and when closed serving as the oppositeinclined hopper floor members, the flanges of the doors overlapping theedges of the cross-bearers and the lower edges of the floor members.

4. In a dump'car, the combination with a center-sill and side sills, ofa series of crossbearers of invcrted-U-cross-section, bracingv membersof channel CI'OSS-StatlOIl arranged between the lower portions or thesides of each cross-bearer and having downturncd flanges securedthereto,; the.- lower edges of such flanges being substantially flushwith flanges straddling the down-turned flanges the lower edges of the'cross-bearersfand flanged" door members extending between the saidcross-bearers and having their of the bracing members.

'5. In a dump car, the combination with-a center-sill and aseries ofcross bearers of.

inverted-u cross-s'ection portions of which form the sides of hoppers,of a series of 1nclined hopper floor members fixed to the cross-bearers,and a series of flanged doors,

hinged to the edges of said floor members and forming when'closed theopposite inclined hopper floor members and having the flanges thereofwhich form the sides of the door straddling the legs ofthe crossbearers.

6. A substructure for a car comprising the combination of side sills,a'center-sill; a series of cross-bearers of inverted U-crosssectionfastened attheir opposite ends to the center-sill and side sills andportions of which form the sides of hoppers; inclined hopper-floormembers located between the cross-bearers; inclined trough shapedhopper-doors adapted to constitute the balance of the hopper-flooringand havin the membeis thereof which form the si es of the troughstraddlingxlegs of. the cross-bearers; means pivoting t e doorsin'hingedrelation with the lower edges of the said fixed floor members; and meansfor operating the said doors.

7. A substructure for a car comprising the combination of side sills, acenter-sill,

' a series of cross-bearers of inverted-U-crosssection fastened at theiropposite ends to the center-sill and side sills and portions of whichform the sides of hoppers; flanged braces connecting together the endsof the legs of each bearer; inclined hopper-floor members locatedbetween the cross-bearers of the center-sill and ance of the hopperflooring and having the members thereof which form the sides of thetrough straddling the legs ofthe crossbearers; means pivoting thedoors'in hinged relation with the lower edges of the said fixed floormembers; and means for operating the said doors.

8. Ina dump car, the *combination of a center-sill, side sills, a seriesof cross-bear ers of inverted U-cross-section fastened at their oppositeends to the center-sill and side ing the flangeszstraddling the legs ofthe cross-bearers and the lower edges of the floor members, and meansfor operating the said doors.

9. In a car, the combination with the "presenting with the car frame aninclined vdischarge opening, a pair; of inclined downwardly' (projectingflanges formed on the frame a jacent to the sides of thedischargeopening, a flange in the plane of the discharge opening extendingbetween the said downwardly projecting flanges and forming the upper:front edge of such discharge opening, and a door hlnged to the hopperfloor member and having-rear and side flanges adapted to inclose thesaid downwardly pro ecting flanges and the lower edge of the framethereof, of 1a hopper'floor member hopper-floor member, and having itsfree end adapted to overlap and come into flat contact with the flangeforming the upper front edge of the opening.

10. In a car the combination with the frame thereof, of a fixed inclinedhopper 'floor memberpresenting with the car frame an' inclined dischargeopening; an inclined flange fixed to the frame and extending in theplane of the openin to form the upper front edge thereof; an form hingedat'the. lower end of such inclined fixed floor'member and presenting atsuch hingedend an angular portion adapted to overlap and come into flatcontact with the said inclined lower end of the fixed floor member andthe opposite free end of the door overlapping and coming into flat conadoor of trough tact with the said inclined flange forming the upperfront edge of the opening.

11. In a dump car, the combination of a center-sill, side sills,cross-bearers connecting such side and center-sills and having inclinedlower edges, a fixed inclined hopper floor member presenting with such'cross-bearers an inclined discharge opening, a door hinged to theunderside of the inclined floor'member in close proximity to the edgethereof, and adapted when closed to constitute the balance of the hopperfloor and to overlap the inclined lower edges of the cross-bearers, anangular flange portion formed on the hinged end of the door and adaptedto overlap and come into flat contact with the underside of the fixedfloor member, and means for operating the said door. I y

12. In a dump carthe frame whereof presents a flanged diagonal dischargeopening, a door flanged at the rear edge and both side edges only,leaving the front edge unobstructed, and hinged to the frame at a pointbeneath the lower edge of the opening so that when closed it willbeinclined upwardly from its hinged lower edge and in aposition to presentu ivardly projectin portions at all sides over apping the flange edgesof the opening.

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In a dump car, the. frame whereof In testimony whereof, I have signed mygre'sents a flanged discharge opening, adoor name to this specification,in the presence anged at the rear edge and both side edges of twosubscribing witnesses. k only, leaving the front, edge' unobstructed, y5 and the door when closed being inclined up- HENRY HAGUE VAUGHAN wardlyfrom its flanged lower rear edge in order that when so closed it will bein a position to present upwardly projecting por- Witnesses:

tions at all sides overlapping the flanged J. W. NAUGHT, 10 edges of-theopening. LESLIE DRAKE.-

